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BOTTLE-WIRING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 479,342, dated July 19, 1892.

Application filed December 24, 1890. Serial No, 375,735- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: is being secured thereto. Fig. 6 is an end Be it known that we, SOL WVILE and HENRY view of the parts as illustrated in Figs. 4: and LA OAssE, of Rochester, in the county of Mon- 5. Fig. 7 is an elevation of ourinvention havroe, in the State of New York, have invented ing the wire-securing mechanism detached 55 new and useful Improvements inBottle-WVirfor the purpose of further illustrating the reing Machines, of which the following, taken maining parts. Figs. 8 and9are respectively in connection with the accompanying drawa side elevation and a top plan view of the ings, is a full, clear, and exact description. wire securing mechanism, illustrating the Our invention relates to improvements in wire-securing jaws as in their position as- 6o IO bottle-wiring machines, and has for its obsumed when aligned With the bottle. Figs.

ject the production of a simple and effective 10 and 11 are respectively front and rear eledevice for rapidly and automatically securing vations, partly in section, of the wire-securstrands of wire to the bottle and over the ining mechanism, the wire-securing jaws being serted cork for retaining the samein position; shown in their position assumed after the 65 and to this end the invention consists, essenwire has been secured to the bottle and the tially, in a reversely-revoluble spindle for rejaws depressed beneath the top of the bottle. ceiving the strands of wire and apairof jaws Fig. 12 is a similar View to Fig. 10, illusfor receiving the wire from the spindle and mating the wire-securing jaws as in their securing it to the bottle. rearward position, assumed after spinning 7o The invention furthermore consists in a the required amount of wire. Fig. 13 is an pair of spindles arranged at an angle with enlarged top plan view of the parts as illuseach other, and connected mechanism between trated in Fig. 12, section being used to show the spindles whereby they are reciprocated some of the parts more clearly. Fig. 14 toward and away from the bottle and are reis an enlarged rear elevation, partly in sec- 75 versely rotated to receive and feed out the tion, of a portion of the actuating mechanwire in a continuous wire-feeder for feeding ism for the wire-shuttle. Fig. 15 is an enthe wire to the spindle, and a take-up for prelarged plan view, partly in section, of the venting slack of the wire. wire-feeding spindle and wire-securing jaws.

The invention furthermore consists in the Fig. 16 is atop plan view of the wire-cutting 80 0 detail construction and arrangement of the mechanism for severing the strands of wire parts, all as hereinafter more particularly deafter their opposite extremities are twisted scribed, and pointed out in the claims. together. Fig. 17 is a front elevation of one In describing this invention reference is set of the wire cutting and holding jaws of had to the accompanying drawings, forming the cutting mechanism shown in Fig. 16. 85 5 a part of this specification, in which like let- Figs. 18 and 19 are sectional views taken, ters and figures indicate corresponding parts respectively, on lines 18 18 and 19 19 of Fig. 17. in all the views. Fig. 20 is a detail view of an actuating-lever Figures 1 and 2 are respectively a top plan of the Wire-cutting mechanism. Figs. 21 and view and a side elevation of ourimproved in- 22 are elevations of the wire-feeding spindle, 9o 0 vention shown as operatively connected to the feeder or primary wire-feeding device,

the various other parts of our improved botand the take-up plate. Fig. 23 is a horizontling-machine shown, described, and claimed tal sectional view taken on line 23 23, Fig. in our application, Serial No. 376,429, filed 21. Fig. 2 1 is an enlarged rear elevation of December 31, 1890. Fig. 3 is an enlarged the primary wire-feeding device and the take- 5 plan View similar to Fig. 1, with a portion of up levers. Fig. 25 is an enlarged side elevathe parts shown in said figure broken away tion of the wire-feeding rollers and guides for the purpose of further illustrating our infor yielding the wire toward and away from vention. Figs. 4 and 5 are elevations taken said rollers. Fig. 26 is a front elevation of upon opposite sides of the mechanism for raisthe parts as illustrated in Fig. 25. Fig. 27 is I00 ing and elevating the bottle-support upon a sectional View taken on line 27 27 of Fig. which the bottles are supported while the wire 25. Fig. 28 is an isometric perspectivev of the yielding guide for the wire-feeding mechanism. Fig. 29 is a front elevation of the end of the take-up lever, illustrating particularly the guide for operating the separate strands of wire. Figs. 30 and 31 are respectively a side elevation and a vertical sectional view of the final wire-twisting mechanism. Figs. 32 and 33 are respectively a side elevation and a top plan view of the final cutting mechanism; and Figs. 34 and 35 are respectively a top plan and aside elevation, partly in section, of the final cutter.

As stated in our application for an improved bottling-machine, Serial No. 376,429, filed December 31, 1890, great difficulty exists in wiring corks to bottles automatically and rapidly, in order that a single machine may have great capacity and operate automatically with a minimum amount of attendance.

In our previous patents, Nos. 443,185 and 443,194, both dated December 23, 1890, we have shown a wiring mechanism which reduced the escapement of the cork to a miuimum, but did not permit of as great rapidity and certainty of operation as our present machine.

The wiring mechanism which forms the subject-matter of our present application is intended for use as previously stated in our aforesaid application for bottling-machines, and at Figs. 1, 3, and 7 we have shown operatively arranged and connected therewith a bottle-feed C, a cork-feeder F, a cork-conveying tube F a cork cut-off f, a compressor H, a cork-inserter I, and a plate-feeding device 8, all of which parts, it will be understood, are notessential to our present invention and may be either used or dispensed with, as desired. 4

The table A for our machine is of suitable size, form, and material, is mounted upon suitable legs or standards A, and supports either upon its top or its standards the variouselements or mechan ismsof ourinventionviz., a bottle feed or carrier, a bottle-support, primary wire-feeding mechanism, wire securing and twisting mechanism, cutters and holders, final twisting mechanism, and final cutters.

The motor-shaft B is supported in suitable brackets a, ,mounted on the table A, and power is communicated thereto by the loose pulley A This pulley is adapted to be locked to the shaft by a clutch-dog a a sliding clutch a, an actuating-lever a a foot-piece 0. and suitable connections a. between the lever and foot-piece. It is evident, however, that this mechanism for normally engaging and disengaging the pulley A with the shaft 13 forms no part of our present invention, and a further description thereof is here unnecessary, since any desirable form of clutch mechanism may be used.

The carrier mechanism C is best seen in Figs. 1 and 3, and it preferably consists of a frame Ci, revoluble on a rod 0, supportedin brackets (J and C and provided with bottleengaging arms 0 This carrier may be of any desirable form and construction and may be rotated in any desirable manner by any construction of mechanism connected to our improved wiring mechanism. We do not, however, think it necessary to herein further illustrate or describe this carrier, since it is illustrated, described, and claimed in our aforesaid application for improvements in bottling-machines and since, if desired, the carrier may be entirely dispensed with and the bottles fed by hand to the bottle-support.

E represents the main bottle-support, Figs. 4 and 5, which is brought into contact with the base of the bottle in order to support it during the operation of the wire-securing mechanism. Before being aligned with the support E the tops of the bottles are first brought into contact with a gage c, suitably supported on the rod 0, for the purpose of bringing the tops of the bottles to a uniform plane. As preferably constructed, the bottle-support E is movable up and down, being provided with a dependingscrewthreaded shank E, which passes through a plain opening in the bracket cl and through a screw-threaded opening in the nut E The lever E pivoted at E beneath the top of the frame to a bracket (1 supports the nut E at its free extremity and is engaged at its opposite extremity by a cam e, which is mounted on a spindle e jourualed in the bracket (1 Provided on the spindle e is the pinion e, which meshes with a rack E that is reciprocated by a link E connected to a lever E at the rear of the machine. (See Fig. 2.) The upper end of this lever is engaged by a cam E which serves to withdraw the rack E and permit the rear extremity of the lever F. to raise and depress the bottle. Wound upon the spindle e and secured at one extremity to the bracket d and at the other to the cam e is a spring e, which when the lever E is retracted by a suitable spring (not illustrated) rotates the cam e and depresses the rear end of the lever E thus elevating the support E into contact with the bottle.

The wire-securing mechanism of our improved invention consists of a pair of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle, and preferably a right angle, with each other and provided with a pair of shuttle or securing jaws. The shuttle-shaft J is pivotally supported and guided through a bracket J hinged at J 3 to an upright bracket J" upon the table A.

J 5 represents a lever having one extremity pivoted at J 6 to a cross-bar J 7 between a pair of standards A and its upper end loosely connected to a collar J firmly secured to the shuttle-shaft. A pin J projects inwardly from the central portion of thelever J and isguided ina camway J of the cam J which cam is mounted on a diagonally-extending shaft J having motion communicated thereto from the lower shaft 13 by gears J and .1, Figs. 2 and 3. It will thus be seen that as the cam J is rotated the shuttle is forced toward and away from the bottle to secure the wire thereto with its extremities projecting from the bottle. When forced toward the bottle, the shuttle-shaft J is preferably raised upward to elevate it above the bottle-top, as normally said shaft is beneath the top of the bottle. This elevation of the shuttle is produced by a cam J secured directly to the cam J previously described.

J represents a bell-crank lever, which is pivoted to a standard J rising from the table A, with one-extremity pivoted to a loose collar J upon the shuttle-shaft and the other provided with a stud J for engaging a camway J of the cam J As this cam is revolved it is obvious that the shuttle is elevated and depressed.

The shuttle j consists, preferably, of a spindlej, tapering from its rear to its forward extremity and provided with a head or en largementfi. Pivoted to this head are jaws having their adjacent forward extremities normally forced together by springs 7 which bear against a shoulderj at the rear extremity of the shuttle-jaws. We preferably use two strands of wire, wind the same around the tapering spindle, as presently described, and pass them through eyes j upon the head j thence through openingsf; in the upper part of the head, and finally through guides j at the extremities of the shuttle-jaws.

WVhen in their starting positio'iifthe feeding extremities of the wire project twisted together beyond the extremities of the shuttle-jaws, and after said jaws are registered with the top of the bottle, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9, they are dropped below its top by the further operation of the cam J thus causing the wire to encircle the neck 2 of the bottle 1 beneath the shoulder 3. The shuttlejaws are preferably dropped instantaneously, and as the cam J then operates to withdraw the shuttle the spring-actuated jaws ride around the bottle until their forward extremities are clear, when they are immediately forced together by the springs 7' thereby encircling the bottle-neck with strands of wire having their opposite extremities twisted together. The shuttle-jaws are then retracted from the bottle, and during this movement the shaft J is rotated and the strands of wire between the ends of the shuttle-jaws and the bottle are twisted together.

K represents a cam mounted on the spindle K, projecting from the bracket J, to which cam motion is communicated by a gear K on the shaft B (See Fig. 2.) The gear K meshes with an internal gear K rigidly secured to the cam K. Guided in the way of the cam K is a roller K supported at the central part of a lever K having its lower extremity pivoted to one of the legs A and its upper extremity provided with a pair of engaging yokes K and K Rigidly secured to the shuttle-shaft J is a pair of sliding clutch-sections K and K",

having inner cl utch-faces and annular grooves for receiving the studs K secured to the said yokes K and K Loosely mounted on the shaft J, between the clutch-sections K and K", is a pair of gears K constantly driven in reverse directions by the gears K on the main shaft B and the intermediary K When the roller K rests in the depression lo of the cam K, the lever K is in its rearward position and the forward clutch-section K is locked with the forward gear K whereupon the shuttle-shaft rotates in the direction of the arrow 10. (Shown at Fig. 10.) On the contrary, when the stud K rides on the elevation k of the cam K the forward clutch-section K is disengaged from the forward gear and the rear clutch-section K is engaged with the rear gear K thus rotating the shuttle-shaft in a reverse direction, as best seen in Fig. 14.

k represent surfaces on the cam K, which, when engaged by the roller K ,so shift the lever K that neither the forward or rearward clutch-sections are locked with the adjacent gears.

The camway J is composed of the divisions 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, being so formed as to force the shuttle-jaws forward very quickly,to withdraw them equally quickly until clear of the bottle, to retract the jaws slowly for a short distance in order that tight twists may be formed immediately adjacent to the bottle,to then retract the shuttle-jaws more quickly for forming looser twists, and to then hold them in their rearward position and form tight twists immediately adjacent to the shuttlejaws. These divisions of the cam J of the cam J 11 are so timed in relation to the divisions 70, k, and k of the cam K that during the forward movement of the shuttle-jaws and their retraction clear of the bottle no rotation of the shuttle-shaft takes place and that durin g its further rotation the shuttle-shaft is rotated to twist together the strands of wire as the retraction of the jaws feeds them out.

In order to stop the shuttle-jaws in a horizontal position, we provide a locking-bolt L, which is mounted in the bracket J 2 and adapted to engage a collar L, keyed to the shaft J. The lock L is thrown into and out of operation by a lever L pivoted upon an of the bracket J with one extremity pivoted to the rod L and the other extremity movable upon camways J of the cam J A spring L enables the lock to yield should the lever L force it against the periphery of the collar L before the registration therewith of the receiving-notch L formed in said collar. It will be understood that the actuating mechanism for these shuttle-shafts is preferably identical one with the other, and that the actuating-cams are so timed in relation to each other that both shuttle-shafts operate simultaneously, and to permit this operation it will also be understood that the shuttlejaws mounted on one shaft are adapted to lie upon the shuttle-jaws of the other when the shuttle-jaws are aligned with the top of the bottle.

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